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First GOP Presidential Debate Cancelled

The first GOP presidential debate set for early May has been canceled due to lack of interest…from candidates.

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation announced that it’s moving its “Reagan Centennial GOP Presidential Primary Candidates Debate” from May 2 to Sept. 14, 2011. The reason? Not enough big names have declared their candidacy, and therefore the foundation is struggling to secure participation.

“Although there will be a long and impressive list of Republican candidates who eventually take the field, too few have made the commitment thus far for a debate to be worthwhile in early May,” said John Heubusch, executive director for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, in a statement. “The Reagan Foundation’s first Republican presidential primary debate will move to the fall, allowing enough time for the full slate of candidates to participate.”

Politico, NBC, and Telemundo are also sponsoring the foundation’s debate.

The first debate of the presidential season now belongs to Fox, which is sponsoring one on May 5 in South Carolina.

Comments (135)

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  • RightPolitically
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:13pm

    It’s a joke……..WAY TOO SOON!

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:11pm

    tell ya what, isn’t it a bit EARLY YET??

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  • JJCon
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:09pm

    And by “canceled” they actually mean “postponed.”

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  • Maggie in Indiana
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:07pm

    This could be a bad thing, but a good thing too. We have not as yet had a really Reagan candidate announce yetr so what’s the point? I will not vote for another poser.

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  • dirtypolitics
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:59pm

    This is a wise move. Our country is in deep trouble and all these politicians think is how to win in 2012?

    Wonder who those politicians are?

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  • PATTY HENRY
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:47pm

    Sarah Palin is the ONLY candidate we need to know about.

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  • AzCowboy
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:43pm

    I think we wait for a George Washington. Mr. Beck, Draw a line. Run. Many of us would be a Jefferson, Hamiliton, etc.to back you up. There are lots of us that would help. I am unemployed now and have a little spare time. Mr. Beck, choose a running mate. We have some good ones to choose from. GO Man GO
    jH…

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  • TeachX3
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:41pm

    I am a conservative and agree with the tea party. If anyone here can help me, I am looking for an answer to this question: If I vote for a candidate other than Republican, does it give my vote to the Democrats? Thank you.

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    • beckwill
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:56pm

      This is how I see it. if you have a Tea Party candidate, a Republican and one Democrat candidate it really makes it hard for a conservative to win in a general election because the conservatives are divided and the democrats usually aren’t. That’s why I feel the establishment Republicans and the Tea Party should of like mindedness and just be one party. But good luck with that happening as we have progressive republicans that really dislike what the Tea Party stands for. Sad really.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:08pm

      Yes. Whether you like it or hate it, we live with a two party system and there is not enough of a base to support a third party. Successfull third parties only come about by the collapse of one of the major parties. That hasn’t happened since the Whigs collapsed over the slavery issue back in the 1850s.

      The only effective startegy for the Tea party is to take over the parties that exist. this has begun successfully at the state and congressional level, but it is far from finished. When it comes to the Presidential election you vote your conscience in the primary to choose the best of the party closest to your philosophy. Once the primaries are over you will have a choice between two candidates who might win. Beck is dead wrong when he says you shouldn’t vote for the lesser evil because it is still voting for evil. Since Jesus isn’t running evil is all we have. All of us here on earth are evil and flawed. Vote for the one of the two possible candidates whose flaws will do the least damage.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:38pm

      islesfordian is correct and i have said as much in other threads and been called everything in the book. But you cannot escape reality. The only exception I would make is if the Republican candidate was a complete RINO with little chance of winning and the third party candidate was really the right person. Then I would go ahead and split the vote and hope enough people would follow suite. But the odds of that happening are slim. Polls will tell you if this is even a possibility.

      I would vote Republican unless you just absolutely cannot stomach the candidate.

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    • axel@25
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:35pm

      The Teaparty should be more along the line of the advocates for GOP candidates that they feel are close enough to their stands on issues and not candidates against GOP. If they insist on trying to be a party on their own they will create a situation that can only favor DEM candidates
      We need to take control of the GOP and not try to defeat the DEMs at the cost of returning Obama to power if there is a 2012 election. look how unions are pulling the DEM’s strings
      We need to think of ourselves more as ..Teaparties United for a Repiblican Nation (T.U.R.N)

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    • TeachX3
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:29pm

      Thank you to all who have given a response, I appreciate it!

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    • CreepingDeath
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:37am

      You have to remember the Democrat’s voting base: yuppies who feel good about rasing taxes on people they’re jealous of, parasites, leeches and wards of the state. These people live to punish others for their successes and also vote for living. “This guy promised more free stuff, I’ll vote for him”

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  • Obama Snake Oil Co
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:38pm

    brntout, you are the only one to figure it out other than OSOC. I knew they would do this. If you remember, McCain got bashed by the DNC anyway they could as they had time to prep for it. So, remember how long they waited until Palin was picked? Kind of last minute….why? The GOP knew they would go after her and the did, 30 attorneys went to Alaska, remember? They found the story about a SHP and Palin fired him over being abusive to his wife? They then found nothing on her but her husbands association with the AIP? So then what did they do, smeared her with lies and went after her family. My point and you knew I had one, why now? Wait till they have to by law….spring it on them. I want Cristy on that ticket so I can hear the left smear he is too fat or stupid like they always do……Campaign pedge; “Anybody but Oblamabush.” Elmer Fudd could win the GOP ticket and presidency….Nothing like a gun toting, wabbit hunter American…..Be very Quite….shhhh….I am unting wiberals……

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  • Wdawg
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:31pm

    Awesome poll about the Tea Party:

    http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/30/cnn-poll-unfavorable-view-of-tea-party-on-the-rise/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_politicalticker+(Blog%3A+Political+Ticker)

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    • Alky
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:42pm

      Looks like the Dems bashing the tea party is working :(
      It’s a shame because all they are is ordinary folk who pay their taxes and abide by the laws and are only looking for constitutionality from the Government.

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    • Mary M. Tebbe
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:22pm

      alky: The democrats have been using REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY on the Tea Party people, and then standing back and LOL that it is working. It is an ole’ political game of intimidation using mind games on the opponents. They are trying to change the Tea Party image into something that it is not, saying what is contrary and the opposite of exactly what the Tea Party DOES STAND FOR. What they are doing is imposing their own rotten characteristics onto the Tea Party in an attempt to destroy it, and then taking the character and position of the essence of the Tea Party and acting as though they are the ones with the exemplary characteristics of the Tea Party. It’s all a game with the democrats, and they play the mind games well.
      The Tea Party has a great following and have made a big difference in the politics of this country. After all, it was the Tea Party that greatly influenced the November 2, 2010 election. In order to destroy the influence of the Tea Party, the democrats have to destroy the direction that the Tea Party has taken the country in. They have become a foremost influential force and the democrats ARE AFRAID OF THE TEA PARTY; otherwise they would have left them alone. Their goal is to interrupt and hinder the SUCCESS OF THE TEA PARTY before the 2012 election. Their goal is also to make the work of the Tea Party of no effect.
      The democrats tell us that the Tea Party is violent; yet we only find violence on the democratic left. When I think of both the democrats and the Republicans, I think of Glenn Beck’s Rally vs. the One Nation rally. I think you get the picture. It is the good decent Americans gathering to celebrate the good things about America: Honoring God, Country, the Constitution, and our values, principles, liberties and freedoms, vs. the riff raff and rabble of the One Nation rally with the communists/socialists/progressives/marxists. Which one presents the BEST OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE…Glenn Beck’s Rally…I rest my case! :)

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  • Berticus33
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:29pm

    Who is sponsoring it had much to do with those disinterested. When you’ve shilled for decades the progressive agenda? You chose the wrong side of history. The GIANT that is the real America has awakened from it’s slumber, and we will not let down our guard again!

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  • Hisemiester
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:26pm

    Unless any of these so called viers for next pres slot stand up against the evil of Obama, putting their butts on the line, I would not vote for any one of them. None have the cajones to go against Obamas demon group.

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  • commonsenseguy
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:22pm

    okay,this how a bull would see this, a new young bull is at the barn when he see’s the big daddy bull at the fence over looking his heard,the young bull say lets run down there and get one of those cows,the big bull looks at the little bull and says if we walk down,we can get all the cows not just one, okay maybe this is not how the g o p see this issue,but way rush,it will give them more time to sort out who is who and who will be best served, and besides,if they start now,the little bull { the left } will just try and distort all the candidates,so take your time and get it right,there may not be a next time.

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  • eat-more-bacon-USA
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:21pm

    Presidential debates in May? No. May is too early and in fact, it is completely normal for candidates to not announce until summer – look for mid-late May or June for announcements. Everyone knew that the Politico/NBC (it was a dumb idea) would be cancelled and it is likely that the FOX May 5 debate will be cancelled as well. No debates will be held until the last quarter of 2011.

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  • Notorrius
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:19pm

    ITs to early to announce who it will be. The best plan of attack is to not attack until you have all your ducks in a row. Besides as Shummer said we need an extreme person.

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    • USAMama
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:48pm

      I agree, the longer they hold out the better. The media vultures are already circling ready to lay into the first person who sticks their neck out. Let them salivate for a while.

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  • ReadTheBill
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:17pm

    President Obama is going a great job of promoting whoever runs by his actions. Slow play is not a bad play since the media is in the bag for Hope and Change part II….

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    • USAMama
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:43pm

      He’s just hoping all his brainwashed children coming out of high school will vote for him because “the Earth depends on it!”.

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  • BetterDays
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:10pm

    It seems we have the “ powers that be” attention Tea PARTIERS. This debate, and it’s lack of participants indicates this. How so? Because the RINOs are to afraid to run, and the good guys/ gals feel ill-equipped to run therefor are hesitating. This is actually a very good thing, even though the DemonRats will say “ we lack leadership and a plan”. It is good because when our candidates do announce, they will be STRONG, perhaps Mr. west or Mr. Christie. Irregardless of whom our candidate is , WE must VETTE them with fine tooth combs. Any more RINOs or liberals will be the finishing touch on our once great nation.
    I’m looking forwards to listening once the debates do start, and then holding the winner accountable.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:36pm

      er…Christie IS a RINO…I hope you actually check what these people stand for before jumping into a popularity contest. Besides, neither West nor Christie are going to run that is pretty well settled.

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  • hdhock4
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:10pm

    Check out what this new writer on the web says about conservatism in america

    http://itsnotjustblackandwhite.com/conservative.html

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  • noblevegas
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:09pm

    Perhaps the participator apathy extends not from a lack of candidates, but from the media sponsorship by Politico, NBC, and Telemundo.

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:20pm

      I would tend to agree with you. Look at the 2008 campaign, frought with lefty nonsense in the debates. NO reason to think it won’t be ten times worse.

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  • brntout
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:09pm

    This will shorten the ability mount smear campaigns and attack adds.

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  • taxed
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:07pm

    Bachmann and Cain are in.. those are the main two players, right off the bat! Hopefully Rand will run too.

    http://conservativepoliticalforum.com/index.php?board=1.0

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:33pm

      Of the two I pick Cain…But I hope the field will pick up even more…

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    • beckwill
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:42pm

      Gimme Cain. No offense I like Michelle Bachman, but I’m just not feeling it.

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    • CatB
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:45pm

      Cain/Bachmann would be good!

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:09pm

      I missed when Bachman announced.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:57pm

      Michelle hasn’t formerly announced yet. I think Cain is the only one with any name recognition or face time on TV.

      I like Michelle, but I think for a woman to win as a Republican she is going to have to be tough. So far Michelle seems too warm and friendly. She lacks that “don’t mess with me” quality that I think women will need if they are to appeal to red blooded conservative mena and woman who want a strong leader in the White House. The moon bats and ******** will always vote with their feelings and are guided by their hopes and dreams. Conservatives vote with their brains and are guided by what will GET THINGS DONE.

      Michelle is right on all the issues, so she is fine as a legislator, but for a President we need someone with, well, balls. An Iron Lady who will stand with the men because the men around her aren’t man enough to stand by themselves. When Margaret Thatcher told Bush Sr. not to go wobbly on her it was like Debra slapping Barak upside the head. THAT’S the kind of woman that can win as a conservative.

      Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe Michelle will drop a pair on the campaign, and drop a few of her opponents too with a sound rhetorical punch. I’d like to see it. Heck, I’d like to see some MEN with balls runs too.

      Sorry ladies. But it IS a man’s world, or it OUGHT to be. And we conservatives should only want men, and a few manly women, at the top.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:27pm

      I like Bachmann too, but IMHO she is too ideological. She has all the right stances and says the right things but she is prone to jumping the gun and saying things that maybe should have been better thought out. Of course she is human, but she is just too much of a player for me to feel she is honest.

      OTOH, Palin does have all the qualities I am looking for. Number 1, she is a born again Christian and that means everything. I can overlook almost anything else in favor of that quality. She will not lie, at least not knowingly or without really good reason, such as national security. She is also smart enough to know her own limitations and she would surround herself with the right people.

      But does she stand a chance? One year ago I would have said yes, but I think she has made some fatal mistakes such as the reality show, not boning up on world issues when she had the chance, not enough visibility on FNC added to the softball interviews they always give her…But her worst offense is her Facebook/Twitter vendetta against the Obama administration and any detractor that slights her in any way. I do not think she can overcome this damage. I think she realizes that and her low visibility now shows that she will not run.

      A real shame…

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  • Its Gonna Getcha
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:05pm

    From May to September seems like a huge span of time! Dissapointed.

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  • sleazyhippo
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:05pm

    This is probably the wisest course of action, since it would do little to unite the Republican Party at this stage.
    It’s always best to wait until you have something compelling to say, before you debate…
    And its good to have a uniting message instead of “fear and loathing on the campaign trail”…

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    • DagneyT
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:45pm

      This is shaping up to be the most fascinating political year in history! Everyone is holding back, and it appears they are doing so in order to give the lame stream media less time to castigate them!

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    • encinom
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:15pm

      @DagneyT

      Nah. most want to still cash in the Fox News pay check or stay in the Fox News safe harbor, where softball questions and unlimited time to raise money is promised.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:30pm

      encinom,

      I am just trying to complete my mental picture of you, can I ask; are you a 13-14 year old nerdy boy or are you a bitter old woman with nothing better to do? I mean, I am confused because both images seem to fit. I was hoping you could clarify it for me.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:02pm

      Ah, look encinom, your daddy came to your defense! How cute!

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:14pm

      @encinom is one of the trolls here with multiple screennames(all the better to agree with you my dear) so a consensus can be assumed. @encinom is, I am certain, a paid troll. Its comments are talking points. And it is a hatefull little thing. It has been outed and knows it is open season on it. Therefore watch out. Anything goes until it gets thrown out of here.

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    • ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:44pm

      Man, I would LOVE to be paid to come here and disagree with conservative Re-Tard-icans.

      I would give out my email address for someone to hook me up … but then Troll Trainer or someone would probably start sending me pictures of their junk or something disgusting like that.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:51pm

      Zombie,

      If I sent you a picture of my junk it would send you into a depression so bad you wouldn’t get out of bed for a month…

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  • Islesfordian
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:05pm

    Cancelled due to lack of candidates, more like it.

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    • abc
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:28pm

      That is what Obama is hoping, given his sinking poll numbers.

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    • CatB
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:45pm

      Just because Obama is already campaigning doesn’t mean others must …

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    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:47pm

      I hope you have Jesus up here because you love Him. I do.

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    • Hoosierchap
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 7:49pm

      @ Eincinom
      I’d take any of these candidates over BHO anytime, anywhere! Tells you what I think of your guy!

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    • Wolf
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:17am

      No- lack of big well known name candidates- which is exactly what Patriots don’t want and the media and all the organizations like the Regan Foundation want … we’re fed up with the McCains and Cains and Trumps and Gingriches and Romneys and Hucksters… we want a REAL American, not some POS RINO.

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:05pm

    Darn…I almost had my speech finished too…

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    • TumbleBumble
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:12pm

      TROLLTRAINER ~

      You have my ear! Let’s hear what you have so far. ; D

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    • El Paco
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:12pm

      Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahha
      Sorry, had to laugh.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:23pm

      lol, honestly? You have to be a NUT to want the job!!! No thank you, I am with Beck, they would run out of nukes the first day! :-)

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    • BQI
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:37pm

      @TROLLTRAINER
      I hear ya. But with you in office I think Israel would be happy to loan us a few :-)

      http://www.blackquillandink.com Conservative blog

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    • marhee9
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:37pm

      I was looking forward to hearing your speech Trolltrainer. Darn it. It is strange that so few have declared they are running. I can’t blame them with the liberal media just waiting to pounce. Don’t want to give them to much time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=619wI12Ky20

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    • ManThong
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:56pm

      This is not hard.. just get someone to live up to this:

      http://vimeo.com/1316146

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    • axel@25
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:59pm

      looks like the left’s tactics and their Media buddies have successfully completed their firat step to toal control by denying the opposition any well known candidates. Who would declare in the current climateof hate and threats ?………..maybe this is the climate change they were pushing?

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    • ginsberg
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:11pm

      sad, there is a real lack of good stand up comedy these days.

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    • middleclassprophet
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:33pm

      How predictable. lol

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    • Obama Snake Oil Co
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:38pm

      Beck is hurting my company…Obama snake oil sales are down, terd polish is down and koolaid….well, its still moving based on the “We Believe” that are out there. Just remember our slogan….if you candidate has no experience, he is a socialist and he hangs out with Rev Wrights church…use Obama Snake Oil…made of the finest snakes in our country. Pelosi and Reid….all the finest liberal snake oil that liberals can spew in a normal conversation over Bush! And if all you have is a black man that enunciates very well…you need to dress em up…Dr Gruffs Terd Polish. Give that baby a shine! And don’t forget folks we have Pelosi Pear and Biden Blueberry on special in volume….and don’t forget the newest product in the lineup, Learner Lime……coming out in one year after he thinks about what needs to be in it…and don’t forget folks, we only take “Obama dollars” for payment. “All profit proceeds go to ”Hope and Change”, Soros and the Wade foundation and are not for profit”

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    • DagneyT
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:39pm

      @manthong, that link is hilarious!

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    • encinom
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:42pm

      This just in the the first GOP debate will be held at the nearest Funny Farm. Bachmann, Cain and West, provided that they stay on their best behavior, will be allowed out of their straight jackets. Trump is still looking for his Birth Certificate before he can attend, Palin is wondering if she can post her answers the next day to facebook and twitter. Finally, Newt may or may not be in the middle of another divorce, yet again.

      In the meantime Romney is attempting to see if he denies Mass. Healthcare law enough so that it no longer counts. While Huckerbee to tracking down out cop-killers that he pardoned.

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    • denise55
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:15pm

      Finally maybe these republican’s are smarting up. Don’t let the dems know whose running until later, less time for them to be beating up our candidates, while Obomber uses the ammo to slam them on the stump at colleges all around the country. It appears that the only people willing to listen to him now, are 1/2 brain dead college students.

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    • swehes
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:29pm

      I may just try to run. I for sure doesn’t have an American Birthcertificate, but I am sure to do alot better job than the current person in office! And I for one LOVE this country.

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:06pm

      @encinom…..do you have a fanclub? Cuz you are just so insightful and wise. Maybe a drivetime radio show would suit you. If you have an agent, let me know…..I WOULD P!SS MYSELF LAUGHING!!

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 7:18pm

      ………..
      What? Nobody wants to be thrown into the wood chipper, er, media?

      Quite frankly, I don‘t see anyone I’ve gotten excited about.

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    • Dale
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:02pm

      @ginsberg;

      As evidenced by your comment.

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    • jzs
      Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:31pm

      This is really pretty simple. You can’t run for President of the United States on the platform of “I’m against whatever Obama favors.” But that is the current Republican platform. Gingrich and Palin favor a “no fly zone” then when Obama gets international support for that, and it’s implimented, then Gingrich and Palin are against it. The American people aren’t STUPID.

      Republicans aren’t declaring because they know the they know they garner support by expressing opposition to President Obama. Once they declare, American will want to know what they are for, not just once they are against. Smaller government? What are you going to cut? You want lower taxes which increase deficits, what are you going to cut?

      Republicans are hopelessly divided as far as what they are actually for. “Smaller government” sounds nice, but when you get into specifics there is no position that will get popular support.

      There is no coherent, specific policy from the right on any issue. That’s why you never hear Palin or any other Republican take a stand except to say Obama is wrong. Sorry, Americans aren’t stupid. Can’t win an election that way.

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    • restorehope
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:22am

      The person that wrote the article is a little biased. His first sentence stating that it had to be cancelled due to “lack of interest” is totally false and misleading. Until the GOP candidates actually declare their candidacy, how can they speak at such a forum? That’s putting the cart before the horse. I think the author likes ‘donkeys’ a whole lot more, if you catch my political drift.

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    • restorehope
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:37am

      @ jzs
      You say that ‘no one should run for office by saying they are against anything Obama is for’? Well, that is exactly what Obama did in 2008. He had no specific plans to better America. All he could do was blame Bush for everything, and then promise very vague ‘hope and change’ without ever defining exactly what he meant by that. Obama was an expert at the doublespeak you are accusing GOP candidates of using now.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 9:02am

      For some of the “candidates” declaring means they go off the Fox payroll. Declaring means answering the “birther” questions, having to be pinned down on actual policy issues…The adults have yet to enter the room in the 2012 Teapublican race to the top. Would you add anyone to this list of people who have either themselves made mention or others have suggested running: Bachmann, Barbour, Cain, Christie, Daniels, DeMint, Duke, Gingrich, Huckabee, Huntsman, Moore, Palin, Paul, Pawlenty, Pence, Romney, Ryan, Santorum, Trump, West Thanx for your feedback :P

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    • DisillusionedDaily
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 11:52am

      @ TROLLTRAINER

      Before you can participate we will need to see your birth certificate, and a complete list of the political and social organizations you maintain memberships in!

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    • jackrorabbit
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 12:55am

      The big dogs are seeing Herman Cain and Donald Trump, and now the politically savy are running for cover. My bet, this will be the first time that the “next in line” republican doesn’t make it, sorry Mike and Mitt, step aside for real men.

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